Improvement in cartridge-boxes



UNITED STATES SAMUEL MGKEEVER, OF UNITED STATES ARMY, STATIONEI) AT MOBILE,

ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT lN CARTRIDGE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,847, dated J mm 10, 1873; application file June 2, 1873.

A To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Captain SAMUEL Moat Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Cartridge-Box; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1 is vertical section showing the box open. Fig. 2 is a front view.

The invention relates to the construction of that class of cartridge-boxes which are made in two parts hinged together. The invention will first be fully described in connection with all that is necessary to a full understanding thereof, and then clearly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, A A represent the two parts of a cartridge-box, in which the cartridge-holders are attached thereto by leather or other flexible fabric. These two parts are connected by a pliable strip of leather, a, and

rod did not compel them to divide evenly over itself. On this rod the part A turns, and is made sufficiently higher than the one A to fold over it at the upper end and form a cover thereto. On, one part, A, isa flap, O, which is slotted to fasten over a button, D, on the part A. By this improved construction I obtain a very strong and durable cartridge-box, and

2. The flexible connection a combined with the rod or pivot B arranged across the middle thereof, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The flap G andbuttonD applied at the top of a two-part cartridge-box, as and for th purpose specified.

SAMUEL MGKEEVER',

' Capt. United States Army, Witnesses:

B. R. PIERCE, JAMES GILLETTE. 

